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Here are Discogs’ top rock, hardcore, punk albums of 2017
Another year down means another year of new tunes we just had to pick up, and Discogs has revealed the top 10 most-collected albums in the rock, punk, hardcore, indie rock and pop genres for 2017. Read more: Here’s how many hours fans spent streaming their fave bands’ music on Spotify Queens Of The Stone Age came out on top […]
Mat Kerekes (Citizen) forms hardcore punk band Power Wrench
Citizen frontman Mat Kerekes has formed a brand new hardcore punk project titled Power Wrench. The group just released a split with Michigan hardcore outfit Spitback. Stream the effort, download it for free, and check out a tweet from Kerekes confirming the release below. Seven-inch vinyl pre-orders are on sale now via Snowball Fight Records. Additionally, the […]
Weekly radio show aims to bring hardcore punk to broader audience
New York award-winning film studio A24 launched its first episode of Green Room Radio (GRR!) this week. The new online punk rock radio show is hosted by hardcore scholar Tony Rettman—author of NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990. The radio show features a programming format of intimate interviews, anecdotes and a rotating playlist to bring hardcore […]
Retox redefine hardcore-punk on the lead single from their upcoming album, 'Beneath California'
LA's Retox are streaming the lead single from their upcoming studio album, Beneath California, titled “Let's Not Keep In Touch.” You check out the track's video, which premiered over at Noisey, below. Read more into the band's ethos in this dual interview alongside the Dillinger Escape Plan. Beneath California is set for release on February 10 via Epitaph Records. […]
Sonic Poison (members of Sheer Terror, the Casualties, more) resurrect hardcore-punk on debut single
Members of Sheer Terror, the Casualties, Deathcycle, Disnihil and Concrete Cross have teamed together to form Sonic Poison. The group will release their debut self-titled EP on June 22 via LifeLine Records. Listen to the lead single, “Another Day Of Misery,” below and let us know what you think. Listen: Stream Sheer Terror’s first album in 18 […]
These 11 singers steered the course of punk and hardcore in the ’80s
The idea of compiling a list of the greatest punk singers of the ‘80s might seem a bit odd. After all, this was when hardcore rose and quickly dominated all things punk. And let’s face it: Hardcore vocalists are more noted for bellowing than actual singing, per se. Not that late ‘70s punk harbored many […]
10 pics of hardcore and punk icons performing in the '80s
[Photo by: Cindy Mendes] The long-awaited xXx Fanzine 1983-88: Hardcore & Punk In The Eighties is here—and it’s badass. Just take a look at some of the best photos from the book, below, along with captions from the author, Mike Gitter. The book is described as “a portrait of music in motion—told through reprinted fanzine pages, […]
AP&R: Summer emo, renewed post-hardcore and plenty of punk
You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one, concise AP&R list. Scroll below and check out our Spotify Discover playlist, featuring these tracks and more! In return, we want to hear your favorite. Let us know […]
The 15 best punk albums of 1983 include eternal hardcore classics
1983: Hardcore rules, OK—at least if it comes from America. England was mired in the nü pop of Culture Club and Duran Duran as its punk scene further slipped into shitty versions of what Motörhead did brilliantly. Not to say a similarly boneheaded ethic wasn’t starting to slip into U.S. hardcore. But the best of […]
10 old-school punk bands who created the blueprint for the hardcore scene
1979: As far as the American record business was concerned, punk rock was finished. They’d spent a packet on the Sex Pistols, Ramones and Dead Boys, and those albums seemingly shipped straight to the cut-out bins. The Pistols self-destructed at the end of their U.S. tour the previous year, and now that Sid Vicious kid […]
